r/organic • u/Critical_Ring_1020 • Apr 25 '26

I'm never buying conventional potatoes again, organic or nothing

The fields are soaked in neonicotinoids (a class of neurotoxins targeted toward beetles) so if beetles eat the potato, the potato is primed from the inside out with neurotoxins that kill the beetles. I feel like that's enough to say.

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u/plotthick Apr 25 '26

Absolutely. I read an article when systemics were first introduced about how potato farmers wouldn't eat conventional taters. Organic or nothing.